"At 21:00 and 21:10 two 10-strong enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups made an attempt to advance deep into the 'grey zone'. One of the groups, having stumbled on a minefield, unmasked itself, after which soldiers of the DPR forced the enemy to retreat, opening fire on them with small arms. Having suffered losses in the amount of six people, Ukrainian saboteurs had to retreat under the cover of fire from automatic grenade launchers and mortars, which was conducted from the positions of the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces," said the Command.

It was added that the offensive actions of the Ukrainian army were conducted simultaneously from two directions in the vicinity of the village of Kominternovo.

“As of today, the migration service of the ministry has already issued 105, 100 DPR passports since passports issuance beginning. The number of people who would like to receive the DPR passports constantly increases. The migration service receives a large number of applications every day,” pointed out Krasnoshchyoka.

According to him, there have been received 115, 360 applications since of 2016. Hence, over 10 thousand residents of the Donetsk People’s Republic are waiting for the passports.

It should be reminded that the issuance of the DPR passports began in the Republic on March 16 of 2016.The Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko personally issued DPR passports to the first 20 citizens of the Republic.

DONi News Agency

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http://dnipress.com/en/posts/over-105-thousand-dpr-passports-issued-migration-service/DPR Head: situation will become more clear after Volker and Surkov's meetingTue, 15 Aug 2017 15:39:00 +0300http://dnipress.com/en/posts/dpr-head-situation-will-become-more-clear-after-volker-and-surkovs-meeting/
http://dnipress.com/en/posts/dpr-head-situation-will-become-more-clear-after-volker-and-surkovs-meeting/Zakharchenko: "War is not a place for surprises"Alexander Zakharchenko assured that the Donetsk People's Republic was interested in the presence of OSCE observers in the conflict zone.

"The incidents with the OSCE mission are in no way connected with any kind of malicious attitude on our part. On the contrary, we have repeatedly stated our readinness to ensure the mission's activities. And, most importantly, its security," said the Head of State.

He also added that the mission's representatives, while in the war zone, should behave more predictably.

"We have repeatedly asked representatives of the OSCE mission to report their travel routes in advance so that we could take the necessary measures to ensure their security. If the mission's representatives appear in unexpected places, our servicemen are forced to 'take a break' in order to ensure the smooth movement of the mission in the future. War is not a place for surprises. Especially when it comes to the security of representatives of the OSCE mission," said Alexander Zakharchenko.